There is emotion within these pages–emotion that feels authentic and true. In The Book of Disbelieving, the magic is quite real.
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Jesmyn Ward’s “Let Us Descend” Takes Readers on a Magically Harrowing Journey
A review of Jesmyn Ward’s “Let Us Descend.”
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A Cast of Characters Keeps “Stone Motel” Up and Running
This Queer coming-of-age story explores themes of work, family, grief and more.
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A Celebration of Indigenous Culture and Survival in “Never Whistle at Night”
This carefully threaded short story collection of horror and psychological thrillers presents valuable cultural insights and historical lessons about a nation still grappling with its death-dealing past.
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Haunting Realities in “Human Sacrifices”
“Human Sacrifices,” Ecuadorian writer María Fernanda Ampuero’s short story collection translated by Frances Riddle, explores issues of social inequality through her gripping horror collection centered on Latina womanhood.
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Cozy Appalachian Romance in “Witch of Wild Things”
A review of “Witch of Wild Things” by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland.
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Poet Rodney Jones Goes Home Again in “Alabama: Poems”
“The shame of provenance is not genetic. It is installed like electricity.”
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“The Wind Will” Sweep Up Readers
Michelle Theall’s novel explores shortcomings and challenges stereotypes of the U.S. foster care system in this page-turning novel.
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Navajo Culture Foregrounded in Top-Tier Crime Drama “Dark Winds”
A review of AMC’s “Dark Winds,” based on Tony and Anne Hillerman’s Leaphorn & Chee novels.
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Capturing “what it is like to live beside, beneath, above, near, and among others”: Lydia Davis’ “Our Strangers”
A review of Lydia Davis’ new collection, “Our Strangers.”
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